Real Estate Coaching Radio

Builder Incentives Are Killing Resale Listings — Here’s How Agents Compete

Published: October 8, 2026

Duration: 31:56

Your seller thinks the home is priced competitively. The builder down the street is offering a pool, mortgage incentives, prepaid HOA dues and other perks.

If you are only comparing asking prices, you are missing what buyers are actually comparing.

In this episode, Tim and Julie Harris break down how builders use incentives to move inventory without simply destroying their recorded sale prices — and how listing agents can compete using the same psychology.

You’ll hear how pools, golf carts, lease buyouts, prepaid HOA dues, mortgage-rate buydowns and other incentives influence buyers. More impo...